The 10 Most Shocking Style Moments of the Year

The Bald, the Bold and the Boneheaded Fashion Statements of 2007

BRITNEY SPEARSOn Feb. 16 she showed up at a San Fernando Valley salon and asked to have her head shaved. "I tried to talk her out of it," said salon owner Esther Tognozzi. "Next thing I know, she grabbed the buzzer, and she went to the back of my salon, and she was shaving off her own hair."

SANJAYA'S FAUX-HAWK
On March 27—Gwen Stefani night—the then 17-year-old American Idol contestant sang No Doubt's "Bathwater," but all eyes were on the seven ponytails he wore for good luck. Said judge Simon Cowell: "I presume there was no mirror in your dressing room tonight."

CAMERON'S BAG
Cameron Diaz carried a bag printed with Chinese characters advertising the pro-Communist phrase "Serve the People" during a summer visit to Peru, where Communist militants killed nearly 70,000 people in the 1980s and early '90s. She later apologized.

CAPTIVE COUTURE
A group of British sailors and marines—held hostage 13 days in Iran—walked free in April wearing oversized clothing provided by their captors.